1. August 2016
Prague, CZE
Artistic Gymnastics
Czech Olympian Pavel Gajdos celebrates 80. Birthday in Prague

1936, on August 01, 1936 the later two-time Olympian of Czech Republic (Rome 1960, Tokyo 1964), Pavel GAJDOS, was born in the Ukrainian village Velké Berezne and today he celebrates his 80th birthday in his hometown Prague.
At first beginning at the club "TVS Prague" (1955 - '59) and thereafter at "Dukla Prague" (- until 1969), the young Pavel has matured into a world-class gymnast, winning twice World Championship Bronze medals in Moscow (1958) and in his hometown...

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28. Juli 2016
Tokyo, JPN
Artistic Gymnastics
Kohei UCHIMURA - the gymnast from another Planet

Six consecutive times he was the all-around world champion and he won the Olympic gold medal 2010 in London:
This is not merely a statistical record but the Japanese Kohei UCHIMURA acting on the gymnastic apparatus in technology and content manner like from another planet!
Ahead of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, superstar Kohei Uchimura and four other members of the Japan men’s gymnastics team got haircuts a few days ago. This wasn’t necessarily a sign of...

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20. Juli 2016
Lausanne, SUI
Artistic Gymnastics
F.I.G. publishes analysis of sanctioned judges
A total of eight judges have been sanctioned following marking control procedures at the 2015 Worlds and 2016 Rio Test Events
* fig press release --: Accuracy in scoring and the integrity of rankings are key priorities for the International Gymnastics Federation (F.I.G.).
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18. Juli 2016
Lausanne, SUI
Artistic Gymnastics
FIG raises serious concerns about possible blanket ban on Russian athletes
FIG Office; Press release: --++ The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) is concerned about the increasing number of officials asking for a blanket ban of Russian athletes to participte at the forthcoming Olympic Games in Rio. Whilst FIG fully supports the IOC's policy of "Zero Tolerance in Doping", it strongly feels that not all Russian athletes of all sports should be banned and found guilty for actions in other sports and federations.
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12. Juli 2016
Great Britain
Artistic Gymnastics
2016 British Olympic GYM Team selected

The 13 gymnastics selected to represent Team GREAT BRITAIN at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro (BRA) have been officially announced:
* The men’s artistic gymnastics team will be Louis Smith, Max Whitlock, Nile Wilson, Brinn Bevan and Kristian Thomas.
* The women’s artistic gymnastics team will be Becky Downie, Ellie Downie, Claudia Fragapane, Ruby Harrold and Amy Tinkler.
* The British trampoline gymnasts will be Kat Driscoll, Bryony Page and Nathan Bailey.

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